Sunday, September 07, 2014

Penn. Woman Jailed for Aborting Her Grandchild

Although it's common, and legal, for abortionists like Planned Parenthood to satisfy requests of 13-year-old girls who want their unborn child killed, when a Pennsylvania 16-year-old asked her mother for assistance, it ended in a prison sentence. This week, 39-year-old Jennifer Ann Whalen received a 12 to 18 month sentence for purchasing abortifacient drugs for her daughter online from a legal source in Europe.

Jennifer Ann Whalen, 39, of Washingtonville, a single mother who works as a nursing home aide, pleaded guilty in August to obtaining the miscarriage-inducing pills from an online site in Europe for her daughter, 16, who did not want to have the child.

Whalen was sentenced on Friday by Montour County Court of Common Pleas Judge Gary Norton to serve 12 months to 18 months in prison for violating a state law that requires abortions to be performed by physicians.

She was also fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service after her release. The felony offense called for up to seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

The Pennsylvania case follows the prosecution of a Florida man who pleaded guilty to tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion pill. He was sentenced in January to 13 years in prison and $28,500 restitution. In June, Florida toughened state law to allow for prosecutions in the death of non-viable fetuses.